SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE | Healthcare and Issues Agency

CF0715 | up to £36k

An excellent opportunity for an ambitious and experienced healthcare SAE perhaps looking for that next step in terms of learning and progressing. It’s expected that you’ll have a good grounding in healthcare and or a desire to move into a specialist area of PR and communications that will shine a light in terms of the issues and complexities of this fast developing, highly newsworthy sector.

The role will include a good mix of both corporate and consumer PR and would be a great opportunity for someone looking to work across all related client programmes.

Ideally, you will have already worked at Account Executive or Consultant level and are ready to make to move into a more responsible position.

The role:

• Support and work across client programmes including, content creation, day-to-day media and influencer relations, measurement and reporting.
• Understand key competitor behaviour and demonstrate ways to counter such activities
• Lead and participate in the presentation of new and existing business pitches.
• Establish multiple relationships within client organisations including members of the PR and marketing teams and key spokespeople
• Expertise in all aspects of writing and development of effective materials and presentations
• Ensure delivery of client results while motivating, supporting and developing junior team members

Key skills:

• Experience working across healthcare programmes within a consultancy environment, or related in house
• Interest in the healthcare sector, from pharmaceutical to OTC
• Strong writing skills
• Strong collaboration, team building and people management skills.
• Motivated by a dynamic, growing, and opportunistic environment.
• Ability to think outside the box and deliver tangible value against client objectives.
• Crisis and issues management experience is desirable but not essential
• Ambition to help grow our practice with new clients, new initiatives, and more award worthy work.

To apply for this role, please send your cv through to Anne or Tanya to cvs@carterferris.co.uk or call 0203 397 7543 / 07929 008295